21st-ui-explore

# Explore grounded UI directions Create real choices without abandoning the project's visual identity. ## Workflow 1. Read `.21st/design.json` and the relevant product UI. If context is missing, run `21st init --design-context`. 2. Search 21st for multiple relevant references before generating: ```bash 21st search "<interface and product context>" --context auto ``` 3. Define three named directions. Each direction must differ on at least two meaningful axes such as hierarchy, information density, navigation model, content emphasis, interaction pattern, or composition. Color-only variants do not count. 4. Keep shared constraints fixed: real stack, tokens, brand assets, required content, accessibility, and responsive behavior. 5. Create comparable previews. Check MCP `get_usage.aiGenerationEnabled` or run `21st usage` and read the `21st AI generation` line. CLI 1.17.1+ also supports `21st usage --json`. Only when AI is explicitly enabled, use hosted generation with available AI credits: ```bash 21st generate "<goal plus fixed constraints>" --context auto --variants 3 ``` Otherwise, implement the previews with your own coding agent, grounded in `21st search` and `21st get` (MCP: `search` and `get_component`). Do not call or suggest hosted `generate` or `iterate_generation` without AI access. 6. Present the options together when the host supports a picker. Otherwise give each option a preview/deep link and a compact comparison. 7. Recommend one direction with concrete tradeoffs, but let the user choose. 8. After selection, remove abandoned local variants and record the decision in `.21st/design.json`. ## Direction contract For every direction provide: - a short, descriptive name; - the core idea and intended user effect; - the 21st/project references used; - what stays consistent with the project; - two or more meaningful differences; - accessibility or responsive risks; - the best-fit scenario. Do not generate random style mutations. Every difference must support a product or usability hypothesis that a user can evaluate.